Joe Mandia

Work History

• Animation Director

  Stronghold Animation

  September 2024 - February 2025

  Created an animated segment for an upcoming exhibit for a museum in the Ozarks.
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  Senior Animator

  Brazen Animation

  May 2024 - September 2024

  Worked on game cinematics for Doom: Dark Ages
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  Senior Character Animator

  Rodeo FX

  November 2023 - December 2023

  Helped on the new Netflix series, The Last Airbender
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  Animation Director

  Nickelodeon

  November 2020 - September 2023
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  Animator

  Bloober team

  May 2020 - September 2020

  Remote
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  Animator

  Brazen Animation

  March 2020 - May 2020

  Remote
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  Animator

  Little Zoo Studio

  September 2019 - November 2019

  Remote
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  Freelance Animator

  FuseFX

  January 2019 - February 2019

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  Freelance Animator

  Hey Mister!

  November 2018 - January 2019

  Remote
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  Freelance Animator

  FuseFX

  November 2018 - November 2018

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  Animation Supervisor

  Fish Blowing Bubbles

  July 2017 - September 2018

  Remote
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  Storyboard Artist

  Film Production

  April 2017 - April 2017

  
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  Storyboard Artist

  Film Production

  March 2017 - March 2017
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  Storyboard Artist

  Film Production

  March 2017 - March 2017
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  Senior Character Animator

  Psyop

  October 2016 - November 2016
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  CG Animator

  Craft WW

  October 2016 - October 2016
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  3D Animator

  Psyop

  June 2016 - July 2016
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  Freelance Character Animator

  Duncan Studio

  March 2016 - May 2016

  Character animation for upcoming film Nutjob 2

• Freelance Character Animator

  KEYFRAME FILMS

  January 2016 - January 2016

  3D character animation
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  Character Animator

  Craft WW

  December 2015 - December 2015

  Animated Mr Mucus character for Mucinex Facebook ads

• Freelance Character Animator

  Unshiney Pictures

  November 2015 - December 2015

  Remote character animation for a couple of commercial spots for Lowes Home Improvement stores

• VFX Sup/Director

  Freelance

  June 2015 - October 2015
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  Freelance Senior Animator

  Vicarious Visions

  May 2015 - June 2015

  Worked remotely to create animation of in-game assets using Autodesk Maya.
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  Contract Animator

  Artifex Mundi

  February 2015 - April 2015

  Working remotely to create in-game creature animation sets for an upcoming mobile game.
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  Remote Contract Animator

  Hi-Rez Studios

  December 2013 - December 2013

  Worked with the lead to create a short holiday themed cinematic in a very short time period using 3D Studio Max. I blocked out the entire scene then focused on one of the 3 characters for final animation while the lead and another animator polished the other 2 characters.
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  Contract Animator

  PandaPanther

  June 2013 - June 2013

  Animated several shots for the cinematics in a Skylanders 3DS game. Animation was done in Maya.
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  Remote Animator

  Hi-Rez Studios

  September 2012 - March 2013

  Created performances of characters and creatures for the SMITE online video game using 3D Studio Max.
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  Contract Animator

  PandaPanther

  December 2012 - December 2012

  Animated several shots for an in-house produced short film. Animation was done in Maya.
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  Animation Lead (Contract)

  PandaPanther

  March 2012 - June 2012
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  Mentor/Campus Mentor

  Animation Mentor

  2007 - May 2012
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  Remote Contract Animator

  Nathan Love

  February 2012 - February 2012

  Animated on a commercial for Adams Flea and Tick control. I blocked out the entire animation and polished 3 of the 6 characters. Animation was done in Maya.
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  Remote Animator

  Hi-Rez Studios

  June 2011 - October 2011

  Remote game animation, done in 3DStudio Max for online game, Smite. https://www.smitegame.com/
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  Senior Character Animator

  Sony Online Entertainment

  October 2007 - March 2011

  DC Universe Online

  
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  Mentor

  Animation Mentor

  July 2007 - July 2009

  Mentored for following classes:
  Intro to Animation
  Body Mechanics
  Advanced Body Mechanics
  Gave a weekly live video Q&A session and graded students assignments. Also spent additional time with students who asked for help grasping the material covered or who were falling behind.
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  Senior Character Animator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  2005 - 2007

  
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  Character Animator

  Blue Sky Studios

  April 2005 - October 2005

  Character animation

  

• Character Animator

  Walt Disney Feature Animation

  February 2003 - April 2005
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  Freelance Animator

  NVIDIA

  2005 - 2005

  Character Animation
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  Animator

  Cinesite

  2005 - 2005
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  Animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  2003 - 2005

  Character Animation and helped develop their pose library tools.

  
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  Digital Domain

  Digital Domain

  1996 - 2001

  

  

  

  

  

• Digital Artist

  Digital Magic Company

  1995 - 1996